# Bassum
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{{Infobox German location
|name = Bassum
|German_name =
|type = Stadt
|image_photo = Bassum 20090501 056.JPG
|image_caption = The [Seat of local government](/source/Seat_of_local_government) (Rathaus)
|image_coa = DEU Bassum COA.svg
|image_flag = Flagge Bassum.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|52|50|58|N|8|43|36|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|Karte =
|image_plan = Bassum_in_DH.svg
|plantext =
|state = Lower Saxony
|district = Diepholz
|elevation = 42
|area = 168.85
|postal_code = 27211
|area_code = 04241
|licence = DH
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 51 007
|divisions = 16 Ortschaften
|website = [https://www.bassum.de/ www.bassum.de]
|mayor = Christian Porsch[{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen](/source/Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik_Niedersachsen)}}]
|leader_term = 2021–26
|party =
|ruling_party1 =
|ruling_party2 =
|ruling_party3 =
|year =
|_noautocat =
}}
'''Bassum''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbasʊm|-|De-Bassum.ogg}}; [Northern Low Saxon](/source/Northern_Low_Saxon): ''Bassen'') is a town in the [district of Diepholz](/source/Diepholz_(district)), Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of [Diepholz](/source/Diepholz), and 25 km south of [Bremen](/source/Bremen).
== Geography ==
=== Subdivision ===
thumb|left|Subdivision of BassumBesides Bassum proper, the town consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' (villages):
* [Albringhausen](/source/Albringhausen)
* [Apelstedt](/source/Apelstedt) (with Pannstedt)
* [Bramstedt](/source/Bramstedt_(Bassum)) (with Bünte and Röllinghausen)
* [Eschenhausen](/source/Eschenhausen)
* [Groß Henstedt](/source/Gro%C3%9F_Henstedt)
* [Great Ringmar](/source/Ringmar)
* [Hallstedt](/source/Hallstedt)
* [Hollwedel](/source/Hollwedel) (with Dimhausen, Möhlenhof, Hilken, Katenkamp, Nüstedt, Klein and Groß Hollwedel)
* [Neubruchhausen](/source/Neubruchhausen) (with Freidorf)
* [Nienstedt](/source/Nienstedt_(Bassum))
* [Nordwohlde](/source/Nordwohlde) (with Stütelberg, Fesenfeld, Kastendiek, Steinforth, Högenhausen, Kätingen and [Pestinghausen](/source/Pestinghausen))
* [Osterbinde](/source/Osterbinde)
* [Schorlingborstel](/source/Schorlingborstel) (with Ebersheide, Lowe and Kolloge)
* [Stühren](/source/St%C3%BChren)
* [Wedehorn](/source/Wedehorn)
* ''Bassum'' (with Loge, Freudenberg, Klenkenborstel, Hassel, Nienhaus and Nienhaus)
=== Neighbouring municipalities ===
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bassum
|N = [Stuhr](/source/Stuhr)
|NE = [Syke](/source/Syke)
|E = [Bruchhausen-Vilsen](/source/Bruchhausen-Vilsen_(Samtgemeinde))
|SE =
|S = [Schwaförden](/source/Schwaf%C3%B6rden_(Samtgemeinde))
|SW = [Twistringen](/source/Twistringen)
|W =
|NW = [Harpstedt](/source/Harpstedt_(Samtgemeinde))
}}
== Politics ==
=== Town council ===
{{election table|title=Bassum [Local election](/source/Local_election) 2016}}
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="2" align="left"|Parties
!Votes
!%
!+/-
!Seats
!+/-
|-
|bgcolor="#F59D07"|
|align="left"|[Christian Democratic Union of Germany](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany)
|7237
|34.2
| -2.2
|{{Composition bar|10|29|#F59D07}}
| -1
|-
|bgcolor="#ff0000"|
|align="left"|[Social Democratic Party of Germany](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany)
|4331
|20.4
| -2.6
|{{Composition bar|6|29|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}}}
| -1
|-
|bgcolor="#0000ff"|
|align="left"|[Bürger-Block](/source/Free_Voters)
|4331
|20.4
| -0.2
|{{Composition bar|6|29|#0000ff}}
| ±0
|-
|bgcolor="#00ff00"|
|align="left"|[Alliance 90/The Greens](/source/Alliance_90%2FThe_Greens)
|2614
|12.3
| -3.3
|{{Composition bar|4|29|{{party color|Alliance '90/The Greens}}}}
| -1
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|The Left (Germany)}}"|
|align="left"|[The Left](/source/The_Left_(Germany))
|753
|2.7
| +0.8
|{{Composition bar|1|29|{{party color|The Left (Germany)}}}}
| ±0
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}"|
|align="left"|[Free Democratic Party](/source/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany))
|570
|2.7
| +2.7
|{{Composition bar|1|29|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| +1
|-
|bgcolor="white"|
|align="left"|Helmut Zurmühlen
|1418
|6.7
| +6.7
|{{Composition bar|1|29}}
| +1
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="2" align="left"|Total
!
!align="center" colspan="2"|100%
!align="center" colspan="2"|29
|}
=== Mayor ===
{{election table|title=Bassum mayoral election 2014}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align=center
! rowspan="2" align="left" | Candidates
! rowspan="2" align="left" | Party
! colspan="2" | Round 1
! colspan="2" | Round 2
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align=center
! width="75" | Votes
! width="30" | %
! width="75" | Votes
! width="30" | %
|-
| align="left" | '''Christian Porsch'''
| align="left" |
| align="right" | '''{{formatnum:2476}}'''
| align="right" | '''33.45 %'''
| align="right" | '''{{formatnum:3087}}'''
| align="right" | '''56.31 %'''
|-
| align="left" | Claus Marx
| align="left" |
| align="right" | '''{{formatnum:2175}}'''
| align="right" | '''29.38 %'''
| align="right" | {{formatnum:2395}}
| align="right" | 43.69%
|-
| align="left" | Bernadette Nadermann
| align="left" |
| align="right" | {{formatnum:1619}}
| align="right" | 21.87%
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
| align="left" | Cathleen Schorling
| align="left" | [CDU](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany)
| align="right" | {{formatnum:1132}}
| align="right" | 15.29%
|-
| colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
! colspan="2" align="left" | Total Votes
! align="right" | {{formatnum:7402}}
! align="right" | 99.99%
! align="right" | {{formatnum:5482}}
! align="right" | 100%
|-
| colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
| colspan="2" align="left" | Eligible Voters
| align="right" | {{formatnum:13193}}
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
| align="right" | {{formatnum:13193}}
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
| colspan="2" align="left" | Turnout
| align="right" | {{formatnum:7402}}
| align="right" | 56,79 %
| align="right" | {{formatnum:5482}}
| align="right" | 41,92 %
|-
| colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
| colspan="6" align="left" |
''Source: City of Bassum[{{cite web |url=http://doku.bassum.de/Wahlen/buergermeisterwahl_2014.html |title=Wahlergebnisse der Bürgermeisterwahl 2014 |website=bassum.de |publisher= City of Bassum |language=german |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525234455/http://doku.bassum.de/Wahlen/buergermeisterwahl_2014.html |archive-date=2014-05-25|access-date=2014-09-08}}][{{cite web |url= http://doku.bassum.de/Wahlen/buergermeisterwahl_2014_st.html |title= Wahlergebnisse der Stichwahl 2014 |website=bassum.de |publisher= City of Bassum |language= german |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908135132/http://doku.bassum.de/Wahlen/buergermeisterwahl_2014_st.html |archive-date=2014-09-08 |access-date=2014-09-08}}]''
|}
=== Coat of arms ===
{{Blazon-arms
| img1 = DEU Bassum COA.svg
| l1 = 120px
| legend1 = Coat of arms of the City of Bassum
| text = ''"Party per fess Argent an upright branch vert with three tilia leaves and Or two armed gules bear claws outwards sable; above a ornamental pedestal Or, two horses rampant Argent as supporters, in the crest a three towered mural crown gules.”''
The arms were granted on November 24, 1927. The lower part shows the bear claws derived from the arms of the Counts of Hoya. to which the city belonged to since 1582. The tilia leaves in the upper represent the three former municipalities Bassum, Freudenberg and Loge who built the new city of Bassum in 1896. The mural crown, symbolises the 13th century Freudenburg castle and the city rights as well and two horses as supporters stand for the belonging to Lower Saxony.}}
=== International relations ===
Bassum has twinning arrangements with:
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [Fresnay-sur-Sarthe](/source/Fresnay-sur-Sarthe), France (1972)
* {{flagicon|LIT}} [Telšiai](/source/Tel%C5%A1iai), Lithuania (2009)
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [Spilsby](/source/Spilsby), United Kingdom (2010)
== Notable residents ==
=== Born in Bassum ===
* [Elisabeth Wiedemann](/source/Elisabeth_Wiedemann) (1926-2015), German actress
* [Tessa Hofmann](/source/Tessa_Hofmann) (born 1949), scholar of Armenian studies and sociology
* [Hans-Hermann Sprado](/source/Hans-Hermann_Sprado) (1956–2014), German journalist and author, editor and publisher of P.M. Magazine
* [Ulf Schirmer](/source/Ulf_Schirmer) (born 1959), German conductor, general music director of the Leipzig Opera
* [Roman Fricke](/source/Roman_Fricke) (born 1977), German high jumper, participant in the Olympics Athens 2004
* [Christian Schulz](/source/Christian_Schulz) (born 1983), German footballer
=== Associated with the town ===
* The songwriter [Konstantin Wecker](/source/Konstantin_Wecker) (born 1947), married in 1996 Annik Wecker born Berlin; she grew up in Bassum
* [Herbert Zimmermann](/source/Herbert_Zimmermann_(football_commentator)), (1917-1966), officer in World War II, radio reporter of the Football game Germany-Hungary [FIFA World Cup 1954](/source/FIFA_World_Cup_1954), died in 1966 in the district Wiebusch in a traffic accident
== See also ==
{{commons category|Bassum}}
* [Bassum station](/source/Bassum_station)
* [Bramstedt bei Syke railway station](/source/Bramstedt_bei_Syke_railway_station)
{{Cities and towns in Diepholz (district)}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Diepholz (district)
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